Társadalomtörténeti múdszerek és forrástípusok. Salgótarján, 1986. szeptember 28-30. - Rendi társadalom, polgári társadalom 1. - Adatok, források és tanulmányok a Nógrád Megyei Levéltárból 15. (Salgótarján, 1987)
Angol nyelvi összefoglalók (English Summaries)
544 • corrections were needed. The results : Ten great estates were investigated: two belonged to peers of national significance — the Count Festetich and the Prince Eszterházy families, two great estates belonging to ecclesiastical bodies — the Abbey of Szentjakab and the Custodiate of Fehérvár, six were estates of " cunty " gentlemen: these belonged to the Tallián, Boronkay, Csapody, LengyeT^ Somsich and Sárközy families. These formed distinct types. On the ecclesiastical estates there were relatively jew servants and labourers to be found, and the estate administration personnel was rather small, too. This indicates, that these estates more or less remained as traditional units of feudal taxation that didn't heed the agricultural boom of the turn of the 18th-19th century. The estates of the aristocrats were built up around country-towns — that of the Eszterhazys around Kaposvár, of the Festetich around Csurgó. On these estates the administration personnel as well as the servants and labourers were rather numerous as compared with the area of " allodial " land — this shows their relatively advanced stage of development. The most peculiarities were found by the " county " gentlemen of Somogy. Some examples of extreme disintegration of property may be found. The Lengyel family estate was inherited through the female line by a number of other families, the Sárközis partitioned their properties because of the multiplication of the family, and thus turned from great landowners into medium ones. Another alternative was the estate that was kept undivided, where — as for example the Tallián and Csapody families out of the Perneszy — inheritance — a number of families inherited a large porperty, but they continued to run it as unit. But one line of the Somsich family serves as an example, that when there are 22 owners on a 10 500-hectare-estate, they are bound to have a hard time. Another line of the same family shows on the other hand that by consolidating an estate around a country-town — in the manner of the aristocrats — it is possible to build up a respectable estate economy. These are, however, just the first steps in the direction indicated and, given the necessary sources, can be carried on and extended. JUDIT KNÉ ZY: A farming instruction of the 1780's from the Csurgó estate fixing tasks and wages of employees and its lessons This study outlines the only source available for the employees of the Csurgó estate of the Festetich family. The farming instruction was found among estate documents containing the complaints of the serfs and replies of the estate management. The instruction corrects the descriptions of the jobs and wages of estate employees and complements the data missing from their tables of payments in kind (conventionale). In addition to this the source makes a number of observations on the running and organization of the estate. This sort of detailed instruction is quite rare in the eighties of the 18th century. The relevant literature has not produced a similar instruction from any other estate from this period. This instruction, sent from the central administration (directio) of the
